stress

The growing use of anti-psychotic drugs “to treat war-related stress or to numb or sedate those affected by it” may not be effective or safe and calls for “a rigorous investigation of mental health treatment protocols in the military,” says Richard Friedman in The New York Times.
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We’re starting our days off all wrong, says Annie Murphy Paul in Time. Waking up in a hurry and stressing out in traffic has been scientifically proven to release hormones and cause other reactions in the body that reduce human creativity.
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Children have less time for play that isn’t monitored or directed by adults than ever before, and it’s stressing them out, says Esther Entin in The Atlantic. Children need to play in order to properly develop, she says, and parents need to give them the time and space to do it.
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